User:Bobsd

ASQ CSQE

40 yrs software engineer ...

I am now, finally, 'retired ... congrats to me! June 4, 2021'

Wikipedia Interests
Article Categories that I take interest in and try to improve:

Music and Composers Internet Technology
 * Pipe Organs
 * Reed Organs
 * Cable Modems

Global Improvements WP:MOS:


 * MOS:1STOCC - When an abbreviation will be used in an article, first introduce it using the full expression:

Professional Interests
Software Engineering, Internet and Networking

I have been messing around with computers since the late 60's. My high school had a computer club with a telex connected to a mainframe at IIT ... and a whole lot of punched tape.

My first 20 years as a software engineer (formerly known as a "Programmer") was devoted to developing accounting and crop management software for the agricultural industry.

I spent the next 20 years developing and managing embedded software for DOCSIS Cable modems. I was an early contributor to the DOCSIS specs, and have a related patent.

My last 5 years was spent as a Software Quality Engineer at an Aeronautical Engineering firm.

Personal Interests
Music and Art
 * I play the pipe organ and piano. I have also been known to torture the clarinet and french horn, and most recently the contrabass.
 * I support community based music organizations and play in a few.
 * Music Composition

Policy Summaries

 * COI
 * NOR
 * CITE
 * PILLARS
 * MOS